Monster

Run

"Run Dad!!!! RUN!!"

Daddy can you hear

The devil drawing near

Like a bullet from a gun,

Run daddy run.

I am getting worse. My moods are not improving and she is rising in strength. I cannot control her for much longer. My family is starting to see the signs of her power. My poor baby sister was scared to silence when Darquesse shouted at her to stop crying. My mum. Mum doesn't speak to me much after getting back from the hospital. I can still recall the blood and tears she shed that day. Skulduggery has tried to tell them what is going on. I am not sure how much of it they understand. Pretty soon I won't be able to stay around them for fear that she will kill them. But my dad...my dad won't give up on me. And I know that Darquesse has named him first to die....

All the songs you used to sing to me

Would rock birds to sleep

He tries so hard to remind me of my humanity...to remind me of who I am. To make me fight for my right to exist. Much like Skulduggery, he believes in me.

I need you now so please somehow

Put rockets on your feet

But I don't believe in me....I know better

Oh oh oh oh

Daddy can you hear

The devil drawing near

Like a bullet from a gun,

Run daddy run.

....

"Stephanie honey you have to fight this!! Don't let her take you over!!" Dad screams. I feel my head pull up and through the smoke I can see him holding his arm as blood pours down his arm. "Too late," I hear myself laugh. "No!!" I silently cried as I watched myself draw closer to him.

Saw that dark cloud coming from a million miles away.

Oh how I've dreaded this God forsaken day.

Daddy can you hear

The devil drawing near

Like a bullet from a gun,

Run daddy run.

"Are you there Stephanie? Can you hear me? Please come back. Your mother knows you are sorry."

Mama's been crying in kitchen

"Your sister misses you."

Sister's been afraid of the dark.

"And I know how you feel about Skulduggery. He doesn't want to lose you either."

I've gathering the pieces of all these shattered hearts.

I looked at dad and could see the tears. "And I still love you sweetheart. Nothing will ever change that," he said, smiling at me.

I pushed through Darquesse's control and fell against him, crying.

"Daddy I love you too. But I can't stop her. Just please run dad. Run before she kills you because she will."

And I don't care where you go to

And I don't care where you land

But just get out of there daddy as fast as you can

I pushed him away and started running away from him as fast as I could. Before Darquesse could control me again. I yelled over my shoulder, "Run Dad!!!! RUN!!"

Oh, oh, oh, oh

Daddy can you hear

The devil drawing near

Like a bullet from a gun,

Run daddy run.

Run Daddy run, run daddy run.

Run Daddy run, run daddy run.

All rights to Miranda Lambert and Pistol Annies for this song "Run Daddy Run". And all rights to Derek Landy for Skulduggery Pleasant characters.